Pacifism and Non-Resistance in Theory and Practice
Charles and Cyrus were the brothers most active in the practice of Non-Resistance. Perhaps not coincidentally, they were also the two who spent the most time in Quaker-imbued Abolitionist cohorts in Pennsylvania.
While spending the year in Vermont in 1842, Charles C. Burleigh gave two lectures on Non-Resistance in Ferrisburgh. This radical community would welcome Frederick Douglass the next year, too. These two events are related, according to Douglass himself, who thanked Burleigh and Orson Murray for paving the way for him in Vermont.
Sources
Frederick Douglass, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, 672
Ferrisburgh Brick Meeting House, Vermont
The Brick Meeting House of Ferrisburgh (now known as The Union Meeting House), built in 1840, hosted its fair share of radical speakers, including C. C. Burleigh and Frederick Douglass.
